Aladdin - One Jump Ahead

	  		Em            C7               B7 
    One jump ahead of the breadline 
Em             A9 
    One swing ahead of the sword 
G/D         Eb7                      G Am   
    I steal only what I can't afford 
  G/B    B    C#m7     Ddim7 B/D# 
( That's Everything! ) 

Em           C7              B7 
    One jump ahead of the law----men 
Em                 A9 
    That's all, and that's no joke 
G/D                  Eb7    D7      G     Am7 A#dim 
    These guys don't appreciate I'm broke 

Crowd:         
G/B D7    Cmaj7/D D7   G6/D G/D   G6/D G/D 
Riffraff! Street  rat! Scoundrel! Take that! 

Aladdin: 
C/D  F7 Cmaj7/D D7  Gsus4       G 
Just a  lit-----tle snack, guys 

Crowd:         
F#m7    B7    Esus4 Em G/D   Em/D 
Rip him open, take  it back, guys 

Aladdin:       
C7 
I can take a hint, gotta face the facts 
F#7                     B7                
You're my only friend, Abu! 

Crowd:         
Who? 

Ladies: 
Em                                   C7 B7 
Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom 
Em                            A9    G/B Cm A7/C# 
He's become a one-man rise in crime 
Dm 
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em 

Aladdin:       
F#7 
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat 
              B                      Dm              
Tell you all about it when I got the time! 

    Fm    Db7              C7   
One jump ahead of the slow----pokes 
    Fm    Bb7              Ab/Eb   
One skip ahead of my doom 
Ab/Eb           E7          Eb7        Ab Bbm Bdim7 Ab/C            
      Next time gonna use a nom de plume 
C Dm7 D#dim7 C/E Fm  

Fm     Fm    Db7             C7 
   One jump ahead of the hit----men 
Fm               Bb7       
        One hit ahead of the flock 
Ab/Eb                E7             Eb7       Ab    Bbm7 Bdim7 Ab/C 
        I think I'll take a stroll around the block 

Crowd:      
Db/Eb Eb7    Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7  Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb 
Stop, thief! Van-------dal! Out----rage! Scan---dal! 

Aladdin:    
Db/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Absus Ab  Ab 
Let's not be        too hast--y 

Lady:          
G7sus Gm7/5- C7sus C7   Fm     Fm/Eb 
Still I     think he's rather tasty 

Aladdin:       
Db7 
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat 
G7                  C7 
Otherwise we'd get along 
F# 

Crowd:         
Wrong! 

Aladdin:       
G#m           E7              D#7 
    One jump ahead of the hoofbeats 
                 
(Vandal!) 
G#m          C#7            
    One hop ahead of the hump 
                 
(Street rat!) 
B/F#           G7           F#7 
    One trick ahead of disaster 
                 
(Scoundrel!) 
D#m7                    G#7 
     They're quick, but I'm much faster 
                 
(Take that!) 
F#7sus/C#            F#7sus                
          Here goes, better throw my hand in 
                 
Wish me happy landin' 
                 
All I gotta do is jump